Russia
Source: Geology.com
Source: Geology.com
Nine
Russian deposits are estimated, by Clarke and Harben, to have greater
than 100,000 tonnes of lithium resources, although limited information
is available on these deposits. Evans quotes Roskill Information
Services, which identifies six large deposits, none of which produce
lithium carbonate currently.
Russian lithium deposits (thousand tonnes of lithium)
Deposit
Kolmozerskoe
Polmostundrovskoe
Ulus (or Ulug)
Tanzek
Goltsovoe
Urikskoe
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Clarke/ Harben 2009
<844
139–278
139–278
139–278
139–278
139–278
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Evans 2008
288
144 –288
144 –288
144 –288
144 –288
144 –288
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The
Altai–Sayan belt in Russia contains several large lithium-bearing
pegmatite deposits. Lithium resources are found at Goltzovoe, an area
rich in a variety of rare metals, including tantalum, with an estimated
average grade of 0.37% Li. The Vishnyakovskoe deposit has been found to
have a resource estimate of 42Mt averaging 0.49% Li. The Tastyq deposit
consists of a group of spodumene-bearing pegmatites, 1-kilometre long
and 20-metres thick, with an estimated average grade of 1.86% Li. Other
lithium-bearing pegmatite deposits in Russia include the
Belovechenskoye, Urikskoe and Zavitskoye deposits. Lithium is also
present in tin- and tantalum-enriched, lepidolite-bearing peraluminous
granite bodies at Orloskoe (Orlovka), Etykinskoe (Etyka) and Alakha. The
Ukraine hosts pegmatites, including the spodumene-bearing deposits at
Galetsky, Zaritsky and Knyazev.
